Re: [RFC,PATCH] libfs dcache_readdir() and dcache_dir_lseek() bugfix

On Fri, Nov 04, Rob Landley wrote:

> 
> That said, I'm pretty sure it's the old libc behavior that's defective.  If a 

So, what should the libc do? Reread the whole directory if it is changed? It
would be a nice DoS attack to just create and delete files and prevent others
from reading that directory.

IMHO it is the job of the filesystem implementation to allow correct SuSV3
specified directory reading.

Regards,
	Jan Blunck

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